Neuroscience

Neuroscience

eLife reviews research including brain function, neuronal circuits, synapses, sensory processing and motor pattern generation. Learn more about what we review and sign up for the latest research.
Illustration by Davide Bonazzi

Latest articles

    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Neuroscience

    Oxytocin receptor controls promiscuity and development in prairie voles

    Ruchira Sharma, Kristen M Berendzen ... Devanand S Manoli
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Medial prefrontal cortex encodes but is not required to generate goal-directed actions under threat

    Muhammad S Sajid, Ji Zhou, Manuel A Castro-Alamancos
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Neuroscience

    A meta-analysis suggests that TMS targeting the hippocampal network selectively improves episodic memory

    Elena Badillo Goicoechea, Phillip F Agres ... Joel L Voss
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Olfactory combinatorial coding supports risk-reward decision making in C. elegans

    Md Zubayer Hossain Saad, William G Ryan ... Bruce A Bamber
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Unreliable homeostatic action potential broadening in cultured dissociated neurons

    Andreas Ritzau-Jost, Salil Rajayer ... Stefan Hallermann
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Neuroscience

    A Context-Free Model of Savings in Motor Learning

    Mahdiyar Shahbazi, Olivier Codol ... Paul L Gribble
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Dissociable after-effects of prosocial acts: Effort is costly for others but valued for self

    Ya Zheng, Rumeng Tang
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    The dual molecular identity of vestibular kinocilia bridges structural and functional traits of primary and motile cilia

    Zhanhong Xu, Amirrasoul Tavakoli ... David Z He
    The kinocilium of vestibular hair cells is a unique organelle with molecular features of primary and motile cilia and may serve as an active, force-generating element within the hair bundle.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Neuroscience

    The olfactory receptor SNIF-1 mediates foraging for leucine-enriched diets in C. elegans

    Ritika Siddiqui, Nikita Mehta ... Varsha Singh
    Behavioral analyses combined with genetics revealed that Caenorhabditis elegans uses an olfactory receptor-ligand module to forage for essential nutrients.
    1. Neuroscience

    Fast-ripples are emergent properties of neuronal networks

    Laurent Sheybani, Yichen Qiu ... Matthew C Walker
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
Load more

Highlights

    1. Neuroscience

    Hidden folds reveal brain organization

    Jürgen Germann
    1. Neuroscience

    Cocaine disrupts "hidden states" in the brain

    Margo Le, Ronald Keiflin
    1. Neuroscience

    Memory Encoding and Retrieval: Rethinking how memories are retrieved

    Rocco Pizzarelli, Marilena Griguoli

Senior editors

  1. Albert Cardona
    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  2. Huan Luo
    Peking University, China
  3. Merritt Maduke
    Stanford University School of Medicine, United States
  4. See more editors